Hebreska or\u00f0i\u00f0 yfir „Parad\u00eds“ er t\u00f6kuor\u00f0 \u00far persnesku og merkir fagran og fri\u00f0s\u00e6lan trj\u00e1gar\u00f0. \u00cdsraelsmenn f\u00f3ru a\u00f0 nota \u00feetta or\u00f0 eftir a\u00f0 \u00feeir sneru heim \u00far \u00fatleg\u00f0inni \u00ed Bab\u00fdlon (sj\u00e1 „Herlei\u00f0ingin“ \u00e1 bls. 1448). \u00cd Nehem\u00eda 2.8 er \u00fea\u00f0 haft um sk\u00f3g konungsins, og \u00ed Lj\u00f3\u00f0alj\u00f3\u00f0unum 4.13 og Pr\u00e9dikaranum 2.5 um aldingar\u00f0. Hj\u00e1 sumum sp\u00e1m\u00f6nnum \u00cdsraels var\u00f0 vart \u00feeirrar hugmyndar a\u00f0 menn Drottins mundu lifna aftur eftir dau\u00f0ann (Dan 12.2,3; Jes 26.19), og \u00fear kom a\u00f0 nafni\u00f0 „Parad\u00eds“ t\u00f3k a\u00f0 merkja sta\u00f0inn \u00feanga\u00f0 sem \u00feeir f\u00e6ru a\u00f0 jar\u00f0l\u00edfinu loknu. \u00cd hugum sumra var „Parad\u00eds“ \u00fdmist \u00e1 j\u00f6r\u00f0u e\u00f0a himni. A\u00f0rir hugsu\u00f0u s\u00e9r hana sem n\u00fdjan Edensgar\u00f0 \u00fear sem l\u00edfsins tr\u00e9 (sj\u00e1 1M\u00f3s 2.9) sprytti a\u00f0 eil\u00edfu. Og enn voru \u00feeir sem t\u00f6ldu a\u00f0 Parad\u00eds v\u00e6ri \u00fear sem r\u00e9ttl\u00e1tir og tr\u00fair bi\u00f0u d\u00f3msdags.<\/p>\n
Nokku\u00f0 sama skilnings \u00e1 Parad\u00eds g\u00e6tir v\u00ed\u00f0a \u00ed N\u00fdja testamenti. \u00deannig h\u00e9t Jes\u00fas r\u00e6ningjanum \u00e1 krossinum a\u00f0 \u00e1 \u00feeim degi skyldi hann vera me\u00f0 s\u00e9r \u00ed Parad\u00eds (L\u00fak 23.39-43). \u00cd d\u00e6mis\u00f6gu Jes\u00fa af r\u00edka manninum og Lasarusi sama hugmynd \u00e1 fer\u00f0. \u00deegar hinn f\u00e1t\u00e6ki Lasarus deyr, bera englar hann \u00ed fa\u00f0m Abrahams (L\u00fak 16.19-22).<\/p>\n
\u00cd s\u00ed\u00f0ara br\u00e9fi s\u00ednu til Korintumanna, 12. kap\u00edtulanum, versunum 1 til 4 skrifar P\u00e1ll, a\u00f0 hann hafi veri\u00f0 hrifinn upp \u00ed Parad\u00eds, \u00fear sem Gu\u00f0 birti honum opinberanir. Og hann bar engan kv\u00ed\u00f0boga fyrir dau\u00f0anum, \u00fev\u00ed \u00feegar a\u00f0 andl\u00e1tsstundinni k\u00e6mi f\u00e6ri hann og yr\u00f0i me\u00f0 Kristi (Fil 1.23). \u00cd Opinberunarb\u00f3k J\u00f3hannesar er Parad\u00eds \u00fear sem gr\u00e6r l\u00edfsins tr\u00e9 (2.7; 22.1-5), og \u00fej\u00f3nar Gu\u00f0s munu safnast saman \u00feegar \u00f6fl hins illa hafa veri\u00f0 gj\u00f6rsigru\u00f0, Drottinn hefur reist h\u00e1s\u00e6ti sitt \u00e1 himni og konungd\u00f3mur hans drottnar yfir alheimi. \u00cd \u00feessari n\u00fdju Parad\u00eds mun l\u00fd\u00f0ur Gu\u00f0s f\u00e1 a\u00f0gang a\u00f0 l\u00edfsins tr\u00e9 (Opb 22.14).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"